EP 576: Reader Question - Does this mean I can never drink alcohol again?

This Naked Mind Podcast

Annie Grace

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 18 March 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Real answers to the real questions that keep you from creating a permanent change in your relationship with alcohol. Each week Annie Grace answers questions from readers and listeners all over the world and shares the science and real-life experiences that can empower and encourage you to shift your mindset and find your freedom from alcohol. This week Annie Grace sheds light, compassion, and science on if we need to commit to never drinking alcohol again, why our bodies and minds have such a hard time with moderation, and if there is hope for lifelong drinkers that keep relapsing.

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Alcohol Experiment, a free 30-day challenge designed to interrupt
0:05.5	your patterns, give you control, restore your health and put you back in touch with the
0:09.7	version of you who doesn't eat alcohol to cope, relax or enjoy life. More than 220,000
0:16.0	people have already tried the alcohol experiment for themselves and has seen improved sleep,
0:20.3	increased happiness, reduced anxiety and so much more. Join thousands in this inspiring
0:25.6	hopeful and exciting program, re-examine your beliefs and reconnect with the best version of you
0:30.9	without ever feeling like you're missing out. Start today for free at alcoholexperiment.com.
0:37.7	Hi, this is Annie Grace and welcome to this Snake of Mine podcast. And today I am answering
0:42.0	questions from you all, from people in our programs, from people who write in and so enjoy.
0:47.3	Does it have to be never drink again? Absolutely not. Absolutely not. That is literally one of the
0:51.6	lies that keeps us stuck. In fact, I don't say I'm never going to drink again. I don't know.
0:55.6	You'll have a glass of champagne at my daughter's wedding. Who knows? I don't actually care because I
1:00.4	don't care about behavior. I probably won't because champagne sounds about as good as papaya.
1:05.7	I hate papaya. If you learn anything, you know I hate papaya. It's ridiculous. But
1:12.5	this is the reality is that those beliefs that it has to be never again, those keep us stuck.
1:18.1	When we think something is all or nothing or has to be never again, it keeps us, it keeps us
1:22.0	mentally and psychologically stuck. There's something called the forbidden fruit syndrome, right?
1:25.7	If you say you can't have something, what does your brain do? Tell me. It wants it. Yeah.
1:32.4	That's what happens. You say you can't have it. Your brain wants it. Boom. And so if you are telling
1:37.6	yourself, I can never have it again. What does that make you feel? It makes you feel sad and like
1:41.6	you're missing out and it makes you want it more. And that makes you more likely to drink.
1:46.9	Like so those are such useless paradigms. And by the way, we don't do it for anything else.
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